Example sentences of "[coord] was [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows that the key issue is the extent to which there was ( or was believed to be ) a significant Soviet threat to those supplies , especially in southern Iran . |
| 2 | In a television address on Nov. 14 Serrano stated that recognition was not a " definitive agreement " and that Guatemala would maintain its 130-year territorial claim over Belize until the matter was finally resolved by the International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) at The Hague or was put to an arbiter . |
| 3 | Bardul is far too scared to enter these places , and indeed he physically can not ; even if he tried ( or was forced to ) he would simply be warped out into his own room ( location 55 ) . |
| 4 | It was — or was taken to be — a recognition of the important truth that the temporary holder of the office of archbishop stood in the place of , and was answerable to , St Augustine and the other saints of his church , and through them to God . |
| 5 | But the people of modern Egypt were not content with agriculture that was so seasonal , or was confined to an area that utilized only three per cent of their country . |
| 6 | Not , though , because it was , or was meant to be , a co-operative . |
| 7 | They also had to accept that attacks on the USSR by weapons launched from American bases other than in Britain might still bring down nuclear strikes on this country as long as it remained a member of Nato or was linked to the United States in some way or other . |
| 8 | The writer discovered or was introduced to Robinson Crusoe too early , so that it appeared to be a tedious book ; Mervyn Peake 's Gormenghast trilogy appeared a little too late , so that he accepted it with a little less excitement than it deserved ; and Proust 's Remembrance of things past came at the right moment when he had the tenacity for the task . |
| 9 | When Rob broke a leg she was able to make up a lot of lost ground and was selected to the British Team two seasons before him in 1981 . |
| 10 | He served as editor of The Times while unable to type , as chairman of the Arts Council while unable to drive , and was appointed to the Broadcasting Standards Council unaware that one of Britain 's most popular television shows was named Jim 'll Fix It ( ‘ Who 's Jim ? ’ he once asked ) . |
| 11 | In 1852 he relinquished his teaching duties on grounds of poor health and was appointed to the sinecure posts of director of the College , secretary and resident governor . |
| 12 | He joined the Screen Actors Guild in 1937 and was appointed to its board in 1941 . |
| 13 | Meanwhile he continued also to operate as a moneylender , advancing large sums on bond during these same decades , and was appointed to a royal commission on the cloth trade in the late 1630s . |
| 14 | He commanded a hired merchantman in the summer of 1650 , serving under his brother , and was appointed to a fourth-rate warship for the following winter guard . |
| 15 | In 1879 he passed the examination for county inspector and was appointed to Donegal . |
| 16 | Wounded in action , he was twice mentioned in dispatches , was awarded the MC ( June 1916 ) , and was appointed to the DSO ( June 1918 ) . |
| 17 | He received an honorary DCL ( Durham ) in 1908 , was elected a bencher of the Middle Temple in 1909 , was knighted for his Royal Society work in 1912 , and was appointed to the premier diocesan chancellorship , London , in the same year . |
| 18 | In 1932 he chaired a committee of enquiry on the Post Office and was appointed to the BBC board of governors , and in 1935 he became BBC chairman . |
| 19 | There is , however , no evidence that Ali Kuscu succeeded Molla Husrev , and Uzuncarsili 's statement that he had been transferred to the Ayasofya medrese ( which is not mentioned in the needs to be set against the report that Ali Kuscu accompanied Mehmed II on the campaign against Uzun Hasan ( began Shawwal 877/March 1473 ) and was appointed to the Ayasofya medrese only on their return ( mid-878/autumn 1473 ) . |
| 20 | He had been a non-executive director since September 1986 and was appointed to the LVMH Board of Directors in January 1989 . |
| 21 | Born in 1948 , Brendan O'Neill was appointed managing director of Guinness Brewing Worldwide in February 1993 , and was appointed to the main board in April 1993 . |
| 22 | After working in Armagh he became Recorder of Belfast in 1982 and was appointed to the High Court two years later . |
| 23 | A student petition calling for the Chinese government to negotiate with student leaders attracted 80,000 signatures and was presented to Xinhua after another rally on 17 May . |
| 24 | This , in finely-worked bronze inlaid with semi-precious stones , is thought to be by the twelfth-century French master Nicola de Verdun and was presented to the Duomo by Giovanni Battista Trivulzio in 1562 . |
| 25 | This dates from 1729 and was presented to the cathedral by Pope Benedict XIII . |
| 26 | The award is worth £5,000 and was presented to Smith at a dinner held at London Zoo in mid-April . |
| 27 | To commemorate the visit , the Prime Warden the next year , Mr. John Prideaux ( whose father had been Clerk at the time of the 450th Anniversary ) , called at the School in April with designs of a second cup and cover , which was commissioned by the Company from Miss Jocelyn Burton and was presented to the Chairman and Headmaster in July 1974 . |
| 28 | I travelled to the plant to collect the guitar and was treated to a comprehensive tour of what I can confirm as an impressive facility of skilled and committed people in every department . |
| 29 | One recent Saturday afternoon I was walking along High Row and was treated to the sight of a Labour Party vehicle giving out an election message closely followed by a similar van in Conservative colours broadcasting loud music , presumably to drown out the opposition . |
| 30 | A synthetic dodecapeptide of A-gliadin ( residues 206–217 ) was kindly provided by Dr D Jewell , Radcliffe Infirmary , Oxford , and was conjugated to tuberculin purified protein derivative ( PPD ) to act as a carrier using 0.05% gluteraldehyde . |